People of the Whirlpool
by
Mabel Osgood Wright
Part 5 out of 5
answering my question with another--
"Would you, or why do you ask?"
I never thought that Mrs. Jenks-Smith's stricture would turn to a
prayer upon my lips, but before I knew it I whispered, "God keep us
comfortably poor."
Then Ian, feeling our presence, raised himself in sleepy leisure, and
nestling his cheek against my dress said, "Barbara, _please_ give Ian a
drink of water."
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